Note on Camera Connection

[GMC]

My TH arrived this morning and I have been going over the manuals and get familiar with all the switches and buttons. I then wanted to test out the camera so I turned on the ST-16 and then the TH. To my surprise, the camera was synced and ready to go in approx. 45 seconds. Some have said it takes up to 2 or 3 minutes to connect. Not so in my situation.

 

[JoKa]

Everyone seems to have different results. Mine too takes about 45-60 seconds to connect. Still feels like an eternity lol.

 

[GMC]

Everyone seems to have different results. Mine too takes about 45-60 seconds to connect. Still feels like an eternity lol.

Yeah, we want it in less than 5 seconds!

 

[CAPTAINDRONE]

My TH arrived this morning and I have been going over the manuals and get familiar with all the switches and buttons. I then wanted to test out the camera so I turned on the ST-16 and then the TH. To my surprise, the camera was synced and ready to go in approx. 45 seconds. Some have said it takes up to 2 or 3 minutes to connect. Not so in my situation.

The sync time never remains the same. Expect periods of no connection.

 

[GMC]

The sync time never remains the same. Expect periods of no connection.

I wonder why?

 

[equinator]

I wonder why?

May be due to the size of the memory card installed in the camera. The larger the card, the longer to initialize. Just a theory.

 

[CAPTAINDRONE]

I wonder why?

Because the connection requires error checking... too many errors extends the time to connect. Interference as well as proximity/angle of controller to drone will cause errors.

 

[Jim Davies]

Mine was taking minutes to connect the camera.
I swapped to a 64 GB card in my H

I think it took about 10 minutes to connect to the camera this morning.

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Thinking about it . . . . I used the same card yesterday and it connected within a minute.? ? ? ? ? ?
I wonder what's the cause?

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Going off thread a bit: Has anyone noticed that if left in a hover it starts to wander and start a circular movement. Then if I move the stick it seems to " snatch "

I've had it a week and flown 5 times.
I've been flying a phantom 2 for over a year and have my PfAW from the CAA.

jim

 

[n3srj]

I find if you clear the card ( i use a 64) it seems to cut the camera boot and initialize time down for me at least..

 

[CAPTAINDRONE]

Mine was taking minutes to connect the camera.
I swapped to a 64 GB card in my H

I think it took about 10 minutes to connect to the camera this morning.

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Thinking about it . . . . I used the same card yesterday and it connected within a minute.? ? ? ? ? ?
I wonder what's the cause?

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Going off thread a bit: Has anyone noticed that if left in a hover it starts to wander and start a circular movement. Then if I move the stick it seems to " snatch "

I've had it a week and flown 5 times.
I've been flying a phantom 2 for over a year and have my PfAW from the CAA.

jim

Jim... that is called the "Toilet Bowl" effect. It is caused due to your compass conflicting with your GPS. Do a compass calibration and it will be fine... unless of course the compass is defective. I will be doing a video on this problem on my YouTube channel in future (happens to all drones that have a compass and GPS).

 

[Jim Davies]

Jim... that is called the "Toilet Bowl" effect. It is caused due to your compass conflicting with your GPS. Do a compass calibration and it will be fine... unless of course the compass is defective. I will be doing a video on this problem on my YouTube channel in future (happens to all drones that have a compass and GPS).

Hi captain drone.
I went to the same spot. ( about 50 yards away ) today and positioned the controller behind the drone a couple of feet.
It connected in under 2 minutes.
I did a compass calibration last week when i first got my H.

I'll do another next time out.

Cheers for that.


Jim